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1 Khumbula uMdali wakho
ngezinsuku zobutsha bakho,
kungakafiki insuku zokuhlupheka
njalo kusondele leminyaka
lapho ozakuthi,
“Angizuzi kuthokoza kuyo”
2 andubana ilanga lokukhanya
kanye lenyanga lezinkanyezi kufiphale,
lamayezi achitheke
ngemva kwezulu;
3 lapho abalindi bendlu
bezathuthumela,
amadoda aqinileyo akhokhobe,
labacholi batshiye umsebenzi
ngoba sebebalutshwana,
kuthi labalunguzayo ngamawindi
sebebona lufifi;
4 lapho iminyango ephumela emigwaqweni isivaliwe
lomsindo wokuchola usufiphala;
lapho abantu besethuswa yikukhala kwenyoni,
lezingoma zazo zincipha;
5 lapho abantu sebesesaba izindawo eziphakemeyo
lezingozi emigwaqweni;
lapho isihlahla se-alimondi sesiqhakaza
lentethe isihamba ngokuzihudula nje
njalo kungasekho ukulangazelela.
Lapho-ke umuntu usesiya ekhaya lakhe
laphakade njalo abalilayo
bagcwale emigwaqweni.
6 Mkhumbule intambo yesiliva ingakaqamuki,
kumbe umganu wegolide ungakabhidlizwa;
lodiwo lungakahlikizwa emthonjeni,
loba ivili lephulwe emgodini wamanzi,
7 kuthi umhlabathi ubuyele emhlabathini
lapho owavela khona,
lomphefumulo ubuyele kuNkulunkulu
onguye owawuphayo.
8 “Ize! Ize!” kutsho uMtshumayeli,
“Konke kuyize!”
Isiphetho Sendaba
9 UMtshumayeli wayehlakaniphile, njalo esabela abantu ulwazi. Wazidla ingqondo wadingisisa wamisa kuhle izaga ezinengi. 10 UMtshumayeli wadingisisa ukuze azuze amazwi ayiwonawona, kwathi-ke konke akulobayo kwaqonda njalo kuliqiniso.
11 Amazwi abahlakaniphileyo anjengenswazi zokwethusa izimvu, izitsho zabo eziqoqiweyo zinjengezipikili ezibethelwe zatshona, zivela kuMalusi munye. 12 Limuka, ndodana yami, loba kuyini okudlula lapho.
Ukulotshwa kwezincwadi ezinengi akulamkhawulo, njalo ukufunda kakhulu kuhlukuluza umzimba.
13 Manje-ke konke sekuzwakele;
nansi isiphetho sendaba:
Mesabe uNkulunkulu ugcine imiyalo yakhe,
ngoba lo yiwo wonke umlandu womuntu.
14 Ngoba uNkulunkulu uzazahlulela zonke izenzo,
lalokho okufihliweyo
loba kuhle loba kubi.